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Eerie Blue Glow in Hong Kong Waters Is Beautiful Yet Disturbing
A mesmerizing blue light is illuminating Hong Kong’s waters, but the lights aren’t just beautiful. Marine biologists are saying they’re potentially toxic. This stunning light is a strong indicator a harmful algal bloom is present. Noctiluca scintillans, also known as Sea Sparkle, is known to create this type of bloom. Noctiluca is a single-celled organism and a wonder in itself, as it functions as both a plant and animal. The organism can act and look like algae, even though, it...
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Senate Approves Keystone XL Pipeline Bill: Three Reasons Why You Should Care
The Senate approved the Keystone XL pipeline in a Thursday vote, ruling in favor of building the final piece of the controversial oil-carrying line. It was a bipartisan 62-to-36 vote , according to NPR. It's all but guaranteed that President Barack Obama will veto the bill, and the Senate likely won't have the 67 necessary votes to override the veto. Obama has already said he wouldn't approve any Keystone XL bill until the State Department was finished , Reuters reported....
Global Cooling, on Purpose? Federal Report Suggests Drastic Measures For Fighting Climate Change
In what was once considered a fringe idea to alter the weather conditions of our planet, a federal report was released Tuesday suggesting it might be time to take desperate measures to reverse the effects of climate change. The two-volume report released by the National Academy of Sciences posed the idea of injecting sulfur pollution into the upper levels of the atmosphere to reflect the sun's heat away from the planet. Though the report stopped short of suggesting this method...
2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Is Still Contaminating the Gulf: Study
Pictured is an oil boom barrier that was intended to stop the spread of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This image was taken on April 30, 2010. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) Scientists recently made a stunning discovery that proves the effects of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still widespread in the Gulf of Mexico. During a recent study, as many as 10 million gallons of crude oil from the 210-million-gallon spill . The study was...
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